{"id":83455,"date":"2023-11-23T09:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T09:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/india-tunnel-rescue-crews-face-17-hour-mission-to-reach-41-workers-trapped-for-11-days-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T09:33:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T09:33:38","slug":"india-tunnel-rescue-crews-face-17-hour-mission-to-reach-41-workers-trapped-for-11-days-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/india-tunnel-rescue-crews-face-17-hour-mission-to-reach-41-workers-trapped-for-11-days-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"India tunnel rescue: Crews face 17-hour mission to reach 41 workers trapped for 11 days | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rescuers are facing a 17-hour mission to reach 41 workers who have now been trapped inside a tunnel in India for 11 days.<\/p>\n

Crews have been working round the clock drilling through 60m (197ft) of debris after the under-construction highway tunnel in Silkyara, located in Uttarakhand state in the Himalayas, caved in on 12 November<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rescue teams encountered an unexpected delay on Thursday after getting through 45m (150ft) of debris, when they discovered a lattice steel girder arch which required six hours to cut and remove.<\/p>\n

A former advisor to the prime minister’s office, Bhaskar Khulbe, who is working on the mission, has said it could take 12-14 hours to reach the men.<\/p>\n

It will then take a further two to three hours to assemble workers and get the men out, with the help of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).<\/p>\n

The men are safe and have access to oxygen, food, water and medicine<\/strong>, authorities have said.<\/p>\n

But some of the men have become unwell<\/strong>, suffering from fever, body aches and nervousness, leaving worried family and friends feeling frustrated and angry over the delays to free them.<\/p>\n

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Mr Khulbe told reporters: “Our calculation as of now is…roughly 14 to 15 hours, unless something else happens, and we hope we will be able to do that.<\/p>\n

“It is difficult to anticipate what more hurdles we might face,” he said, adding that no major problem is expected aside from another metal obstacle or rock.<\/p>\n

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Once drilling is completed, officials plan to send crews through an evacuation pipe with stretchers on wheels to bring the trapped men to safety.<\/p>\n

The tunnel collapsed following a landslide in Uttarakhand – a region popular with tourists.<\/p>\n

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The tunnel is located on the Char Dham pilgrimage route – one of the most ambitious projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/strong>‘s government.<\/p>\n

The tunnel aims to link four key Hindu pilgrimage sites with 890km (550m) of two-lane road, in a project costing $1.5bn (\u00a31.19bn).<\/p>\n

A safety audit of 29 tunnels currently being built by the National Highways Authority of India <\/strong>will now take place, the government announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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